Article from Hartlepool Mail                                             ref: Minnear R (9/6/10)

SHOCKING figures reveal that one in four families in Hartlepool are living on the breadline.

It also emerged that five in nine homes fall into the same category or are classed as being "credit hungry" or in "elderly deprivation".
 

The figures have come from information shared by the Financial Inclusion Partnership, which is made up of the Hartlepool Credit Union, Citizens Advice Bureau, West View Advice Resource Centre and other organisations.
 

 
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